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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Shane Harrison

Search to begin for remains of Capt Robert Nairac, murdered by IRA in 1977

Grenadier Guards Capt Robert Nairac talking to children in the Ardoyne area of Belfast
Grenadier Guards Capt Robert Nairac talking to children in the Ardoyne area of Belfast in February 1977. Photograph: PA

A search is to begin for the remains of a British army captain and undercover officer who was kidnapped, murdered and secretly buried by the IRA in 1977.

Capt Robert Nairac was kidnapped by the IRA while on an undercover operation in The Three Steps pub in Dromintee in south Armagh close to the border. After a struggle he was taken across the border to a field in Ravensdale woods area in north Louth where he was beaten up and questioned before being murdered.

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